Wednesday, November 21, 2012

THE MANDALAY TRILOGY

This week i finally debuted the song, Unexpected which completes "The Mandalay Trilogy". It was a back to front process as, "Unexpected" is the first song in the trilogy. Some of the song came quickly - the melody, a few lines of interesting lyrics and the lalalas of the chorus but then the demo spent some time in the SOAR Vault, while Experiment Rhode and i tried out different lyrics. It was the hardest of the three to finish and the finishing of it got overwhelmed by the next two songs.I have sung the three songs one after the other in my shows but in normal circumstances this won't be the usual case - so I thought I would put all the lyrics here for you to read in sequence.Thanks for reading. Hugs

UNEXPECTED

Faint Sound of Insects in The Afternoon along the streets of ancient Mandalaywhere I’m FallingI’m Falling into loveYes I’m Falling into love with youA double Rainbow in a rain soaked Sky the smell of incense down a steamy laneas I’m Fallingas I’m Falling into loveAs I’m Falling into love with you

Soft Scent of Jasmine Floats upon The Breeze Takes Me To a Place (only) a woman seeswhen she's Fallingshe's Falling into lovewhen she's Falling into love with meTell me do you want to be my queen do you want to run away from the things you can't explain anymoreCooling Purple Mist behind a Waterfall soft on our skin as the truth unfoldsthat we're Fallingwe're Falling into lovewe're Falling into love in another world

JASMINE

Jasmine take a walk with me until we reach the sea listen as the fisherman's children play happilyand taste the salty air upon my lips and fingertipsthen give yourself to me tonight like we were meant to beSo Jasmine from old England let me take soft hold of you and whisper what the prophet says about the coming of this dayNo coincidence no rhyme no reason or complicated viewjust you and i along the beach where the flying fishes playQuiet Jasmine listen do you hear the things i hearthe early morning chatter rising from dark and ancient streetsthe scent of oils and the touch of lace upon these silken sheetsbrings me back to paradise to steal another kissJasmine from old England from yesterday and far awayour lives have changed forevermore because of Mandalaynow not a single day will ever pass without the sharing of these wordsthat you and i have found our place and we will want no more

INNOCENCE

in the moment before waking when you're in another worldi reached out my hand and found you thereand we made a toast to innocence and the things it let us beas we made our plans we smiled helplesslywould we climb high up to the pagodawould we ask for buddhas blessings one more timei don't know, what i would say if i hadn't had todayi remember our first breakfast you and i alone skipping along the riverbank like we were still at schoolhow we made a toast to silliness when laughter told us whenand i found the child within my heart againthen we climbed up to the old pagodaand thanked holy buddha for his peaceful prayersthen i tried, to find a way to thank you for this dayNow my heart knows the truth and its telling you howthat it wouldn't change one little thingmy heart, your heart, our hearts, belong to loveWhen The lights on the horizon Ceased Their Jewelled Displaywe pressed against each other where the willows trees swayedand we made a toast to destiny and all that she would bring memorising each and every precious thingso we danced until morning bid us homeand into each others arms we movedi don't know, what i would say if i hadn't known todayi saw you on the balcony wrapped in a satin robeand quietly i watched and admired the unknownand we drank a toast to each other and all our memoriesfor we found love in Mandalay and now we can believeand for every single moment morei'll give thanks to every god that heaven knowsand then i'll say, in every way i know that i'll never let you go